Who is Imran Khwaja, IND vs PAK News: A period of uncertainty continues regarding the match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026. Till now it is not officially clear whether the match between the two will be played in the tournament or not. However, deep discussions are going on behind the scenes regarding the match. Meanwhile, the name of a person named Imran Khwaja is making a lot of headlines. It is being said that Imran Khwaja has almost the entire responsibility of organizing the India-Pakistan contest. So let us know who this last person is.

So let us tell you that Imran Khawaja is none other than the deputy chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Apart from this, he is also the representative of Singapore Cricket Association. 64-year-old Iran Khawaja is a lawyer by profession. He has been looking after the internal working of ICC since almost 2008. Imran is considered very important for mediation in any issue of cricket. He has the ability to solve cases without any noise.

Responsibility to save India-Pakistan match

In a way, you can say that ICC has handed over the entire responsibility of getting the T20 World Cup match done to Imran Khawaja, which also includes convincing Pakistan. Imran has won the trust of big cricket boards like India and Pakistan as well as associate nations. In such a situation, he seems to be a very important person in solving the issue of this India-Pakistan match.

Became Deputy Chairman of ICC in 2017

Imran Khawaja has been playing the role of Deputy Chairman of ICC since 2017. In 2020, when the then ICC President Shashank Manohar resigned, Imran played the role of interim president. This was the period when the whole world was facing the Corona epidemic.

What is the solution on India-Pakistan match?

It will be interesting to see what solution comes to the India-Pakistan match. Can Imran Khwaja convince Pakistan and get a big fight or not?

Pakistan has refused to play the match against Team India, yet the International Cricket Council (ICC) will not be able to give it any punishment. This is what former ICC Chairman Ehsan Mani, who has also been the Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, has to say. In fact, on February 1, the Pakistan government had announced that its national team will not play the T20 World Cup match with India on February 15.

The Pakistan government has not given any clear reason why the Pakistan team will not play the match with India. But it is being linked to the exclusion of Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup 2026. Bangladesh had demanded to shift its matches out of India citing security reasons. After rejecting this demand, ICC excluded Bangladesh from the World Cup and replaced it with Scotland.

Will Pakistan escape?

According to Sportstar, former ICC President Ehsan Mani said, “No restrictions can be imposed on the Pakistan team for following the advice of its government. It was only by following the orders of its government that the Indian team had refused to come to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. You cannot adopt double standards. I will repeat the same fact again that unfortunately, instead of dealing with the problem, the ICC stood as a mute spectator.”

Ehsan Mani, while criticizing the ICC, said that it has not expressed any objection to the interference of the governments of the countries in the cricket matters.

The matter is different here

These things of Ehsaan Mani may not be the basis of the decision because India had refused to go to host Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Later it was decided that Team India’s matches will be played in neutral venue (UAE). But in the case of T20 World Cup, Pakistan is already going to play its matches at neutral venues. Still, he is refusing to play with India at a time when the schedule has been announced several weeks in advance.